St. Pölten v Wolfsberger AC preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Austria Tipico Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: NV ARENA (8012 seats)

Struggling St. Pölten will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Wolfsberger AC in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

For St. Pölten relegation is already certain this season. Only divine intervention and/or time travel can save them and neither look likely. Wolfsberger AC is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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St. Pölten form and stats

With 1 Tipico Bundesliga win, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, St. Pölten, who have the most conceded goals (50) in Tipico Bundesliga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

St. Pölten lost their last game at LASK Linz (placed 1st) after a 1-4 scoreline. In the match before that, St. Pölten hosted Admira and drew the game 2-2.

St. Pölten are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, St. Pölten having conceded 26 goals here at NV ARENA so far.

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Wolfsberger AC form and stats

As the visiting team in Tipico Bundesliga matches, Wolfsberger AC have produced an overall stat of 5-2-3 so far.

Two away games in a row for Wolfsberger AC, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Wattens in the Tipico Bundesliga. Before that, Wolfsberger AC secured a home win against Hartberg with the score 3-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Wolfsberger AC's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. Wolfsberger AC have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Wolfsberger AC - St. Pölten 4-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: St. Pölten won two, Wolfsberger AC won six and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wolfsberger ACS. Weissman
S. Weissman
19 goals
St. PöltenK. Pak
K. Pak
5 goals
St. PöltenD. Luxbacher
D. Luxbacher
3 goals

St. Pölten missing players

Wolfsberger AC missing players

St. Pölten Wolfsberger AC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
3 1 0 Won W 2 5 10
7 4 1 Drew D 0 2 4
10 5 2 Lost L 1 3 6
21 12 2 Scored S 7 19 44
50 26 11 Conceded C 3 12 25
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
75% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 70%
60% 70% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 45%
25% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 20%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 45%
15% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 40%
40% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 10% 15%
 
5 6 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.2 6.1
4.8 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.4 4.3
2.8 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 1.9
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
159 90 22 Total Shots T S 48 136 313
72 46 11 Shots on Target S O 20 56 130
29% 26% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 34% 34%
Key stats in Tipico Bundesliga this season:
  • St. Pölten has the fewest scored goals in the first half (7)
  • St. Pölten has the most conceded goals (26) at home
  • St. Pölten has the most conceded goals (50)
  • St. Pölten has the most matches over the total-line (14)
  • St. Pölten has the the worst goal difference (-29)
  • St. Pölten have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • St. Pölten have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • St. Pölten have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wolfsberger AC have scored more than double the goals of St. Pölten.
  • Wolfsberger AC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 LASK Linz 20 15 3 2 44 19 10 5 3 2 22 14 10 10 0 0 22 5 25 48
2 Salzburg 20 13 6 1 70 23 10 8 1 1 43 14 10 5 5 0 27 9 47 45
3 Rapid Wien 20 10 6 4 42 23 10 3 4 3 17 13 10 7 2 1 25 10 19 36
4 Wolfsberger AC 20 10 4 6 44 25 10 5 2 3 25 13 10 5 2 3 19 12 19 34
5 Sturm Graz 20 9 4 7 36 25 10 4 1 5 15 14 10 5 3 2 21 11 11 31
6 Hartberg 20 8 5 7 35 42 10 5 3 2 20 15 10 3 2 5 15 27 -7 29
7 Austria Wien 20 5 8 7 32 35 10 4 3 3 17 14 10 1 5 4 15 21 -3 23
8 Rheindorf Altach 20 6 3 11 31 40 10 3 2 5 18 20 10 3 1 6 13 20 -9 21
9 Mattersburg 20 5 3 12 25 48 10 1 2 7 10 24 10 4 1 5 15 24 -23 18
10 St. Pölten 20 3 7 10 21 50 10 1 4 5 12 26 10 2 3 5 9 24 -29 16
11 Admira 20 3 6 11 19 42 10 1 3 6 6 16 10 2 3 5 13 26 -23 15
12 Wattens 20 4 3 13 22 49 10 2 1 7 9 24 10 2 2 6 13 25 -27 15

Read more about Tipico Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the top level football league in Austria. It was founded in 1974, but there has been an Austrian league championship since 1911. Since the 1950s Austrian football has been dominated by Rapid Wien, Austria Wien and recently Red Bull Salzburg.